Ontornet establishes connection workshop

1. Establishing Connection http://www.ontornet.org

2. http://www.ontornet.org Ontornet YouTube channel

3. Outline Introduction to Ontornet initiative Technical background Current situation Technologies to be soon introduced in Lebanon Your questions http://www.ontornet.org

4. Introduction After a thread of more than 90 emails , initiated by @Funkyozzi, expressing the utmost frustration the “Pre ontornet phase” was in action We are a group of bloggers, that come from different technical and media background. Where do we stand We choose not to side with any initiative that has a political background or a personal financial interest. Our primary interest is to provide transparency through objective information sharing. http://www.ontornet.org

5. Technical background Submarine cable : cables laid beneath the sea to carry telecommunications underwater. All modern cables use optical fiber technology. As of 2010, submarine cables link all the world's continents except Antarctica. National network /International gateway : set of data/caching/download/gaming/hosting/video… servers that are located inside Lebanon and to which you can connect at higher speed and lower latency. National network is built around BIX located in Berytech and to which ogero is not connected (ex:google servers in Lebanon…) Internationalgateway Is our door to the world wide web - by law all the Lebanese traffic has to go through ogero PSTN The public switched telephone network (PSTN) is the network of the world's public circuit-switched telephone networks. Shared / dedicated connection speed Bandwidth A data transmission rate; the maximum amount of information (bits/second) that can be transmitted along a channel FUP Fair usage policy – how much you can “use” the internet before being extra charged or slowed down. http://www.ontornet.org

6. The current situation http://www.ontornet.org

7. www.ontornet.org Service Package in Lebanon Typical Service Packages SERVICES COMPARISON

9. Back and forth press releases of blame

11. Cable Map http://www.ontornet.org Cadmus Beirut-Lebanon Pentaskhinos -Cyprus Length : 230 km Lebanon’s share : 38% capacity : 622 mbps Lifetime 25 years Installed 8 sept 1995 Berytar/Aletar Capacity 5Gbps Length 134 km Installed April 1997 Lifetime 25 years Lebanon’s share 46.8% IMEWE Capacity : 120 Gbps Inaugurated on : debatable

12. the minister of telecommunication’s press conference on the 28th of September 2010 “As of October 2010 total international capacity (for voice and data) is 2.5 Gbps witnessing a double increase from initial capacity of 1.25 Gbps” “Participation in the ownership of the new high capacity submarine cable system that will provide Lebanon, upon its service commissioning, with 120 Gbps of international bandwidth capacity” “Expanding existing submarine Fiber Optical Cable (Cadmus) by adding capacity of around 210Gbps between November and December 2010, and thus increasing the current capacity by 168 times” www.ontornet.org

17. http://www.ontornet.org Ontornet YouTube channel

18. Mobile/Fixed internet Difference between mobile broadband and DSL 3G technology constraints Cell breathing With the increase of users Sensitivity to congestion Everyone will be relying on 3G to get their internet since 3G will have higher speeds Tarrifs Shared ressources http://www.ontornet.org

19. Tell us how you can help Ontornetis planning many upcoming actions Developing applications Online projects. Blog action day (Mass awareness campaign on all blogs) Offline projects. Creative art Workshops http://www.ontornet.org

20. Thank You! Questions http://www.ontornet.org